1.)Honors only: Write your own editorial that discusses the misconceptions related to your culture/heritage. 400-500 words. Share in a google doc. Due Monday, 9.15.14. Read chpt. 4 2.) Read chapter 7. Come with talking points. We will be having a student run discussion. 3.) According to R. Gayan Priyankara: "Everything falls apart when you do one stupid thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement and why? Make sure to include specific examples from The Kite Runner to support your points. Discussion on Monday! 4.) Read chapter 9 5.) For Wednesday, 9.24.14: Go back through all the resources you have read and prepare to write an in-class essay citing multiple sources that identifies the qualities of a good college essay. Bring NOTES
6.) For Friday, 9.26.14, read chapter 10.
7.) Read chapter 11 and 12
8.) Work on essay for The Kite Runner.
9.) Read chapter 13 (for Friday, 10.3.14).
10.) Kite Runner essay due Thursday, 10.9.14
11.) Read chapters 14 & 15
12.) Read chapters 16 & 17
19.) Read 18, 19, 20
20. Due Monday, 10.20.14 -Read 21 & 22 -Everyone complete the following OR: Chapter 22 is a pivotal moment in the text. Identify and explain the significance of the chapter. Include textual evidence from the chapter as well as previous chapters, if needed (due Tuesday, 10.21.14). -Draft #4 due Monday, 10.20.14 21.) For Thursday, read chapters 23 and 24. 22.) For Monday 11.3.14, finish The Kite Runner. Come with talking points for an SRD 23.) “13 Views”
After reading The Kite Runner, choose a chapter or character from the text and write a poem. Your poem must contain the following:
Each stanza will offer a different view of the character or chapter
The poem will contain 13 stanzas
Each stanza will not be more than 5 lines long
Each line should be short; no more than 7 words
If you are writing about a character, you should first brainstorm 13 different characteristics of the character or moments in the text that portray the character in a different light. If you writing about a chapter, it should be 13 different ways a moment(s) could be viewed.
Due: Friday, 11.7.14. This counts as a major assignment for Q2
College Essay
1.) Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2.) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?
3.) Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4.) Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
5.) Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Important Due Dates: Friday, 9.26.14: Draft #1 Friday, 10.3.14: Draft #2 Wednesday, 10.15.14: Draft #3 Monday, 10.20.14: Draft #4 Wednesday, 10. 22.14: Final draft
1.) a.) After reading "Barbie-Q" and understanding author's purpose, visit the Barbie website and browse the history of Barbie. Consider the role Barbie has played over history and the role it plays today. Come with 5 quotations/facts, etc., that you feel are important to discuss. Make sure that you have a rationale for each quotations/fact you choose. This means come with notes! History of Barbie
b.) Read the article below from NY Daily News, which offers a different perspective on Barbie. Come with points to discuss and consider all the texts we have read related to Barbie while doing so. Make sure you have notes for the discussion. Barbie as a real woman is anataomically impossible... c.) Discussion on Monday, 11.17.14
2.) Read the article below and come with talking points for class on Thursday.
5.) Find an advertisement (not commercial) and complete the rhetorical triangle. Make sure you bring the advertisement to class. The advertisement must contain men in it or promote a male product.
6.) Read an annotate the excerpt from "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Focus on identity and culture. 7.) Read and annotate "Americanah"
Synthesis Essay (Honors Only): A person’s identity is largely shaped by one’s culture and heritage. Choose three of the short stories we have read (excerpt from A Thousand Splendid Suns, excerpt fromAmericanah, The Confession: Part Two, and/or “Milk Years") and write a synthesis paper explaining the role heritage or culture has on shaping each narrator’s perspective of herself or society.
8.) Brainstorm for synthesis essay 9.) Synthesis essay due Wednesday, 1/7/15
POL Dates:
Tuesday, 12.16.14: Memorize poem
Friday, 12.19.14: Practice poem in groups
Monday, 12.22.14: POL competition
Hamlet: 1.) Using Polonius' speech as a model, write advice to a new student at your school. How do you navigate the social scene? What foods should you avoid in the cafeteria? etc. 1/2 CP. 3/4 page H
As we read Hamlet, you will be assigned a character and be responsible for tracking the character. The tracking of your character will count as DJs and you will analyze the character throughout reading the play. You will complete the following while analyzing your assigned character:
§ Motivation
§ Personality
§ Interactions/feelings with other characters
§ Any important soliloquys or speeches that reveal insight into the character
Note: if your character changes, you definitely need to make note of it.
Characters:
Hamlet
Horatio
Orphelia
Queen Gertude
King Claudius
Laertes
2.) After reading the Ghost scene, describe how you envision the following (be specific): The setting of the scene: Hamlet (actions, tone, etc.): Ghost (actions, tones, etc.)
3.) Finish reading Act 1, scene 5. If you are tracking Hamlet or Horatio, you should definitely be adding to your DJs.
4.) Complete What is Hamlet Thinking? Shared in a google doc.
5.) All Annotated Bibliographies due (rough draft): Wednesday, 2.25.15. If you don't turn these in on time, you will not receive any feedback.
6.) Open response: Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources. The more specific, the better (Mel Gibson: 1990; Kenneth Brannagh: 1996).
7.) For Monday, Read the excerpts from "Ophelia." Compare her perspective with the one scene in the play, 3.1. You will have to review 3.1 Come with specific points to discuss.
8.) "Remembrance of Yours"…Analyzing characters using mementos (Folger Shakespeare)
Using your character tracking DJs, you will complete a project on the following: 1.) Creative piece: Create a 3-D symbol for your character (this cannot be a symbol found in the play). You creation should reflect hard work and attention to detail. The symbol should be original and accurately illustrates your characters, as a whole. 2.) Written piece: a detailed explanation how the symbol connects with your character; 5 quotations from the play, with an explanation, on the relation of the symbol to the character. 3.) Presentation!
Research Paper Due Dates:
Tuesday, 3/3/15: Revised ABs due
Thursday, 3/5/15: parts 1-3 of outline due (thesis, background info, cause/effect)
Wednesday, 3/11/15: Part 4 (multiple perspective)
Tuesday, 3/31/2015: Final draft due. 10 points deducted each day late
War; Peace; Survival
1.) Read the editorial from the New York Times, "Let's Draft Our Kids". Come with talking points and complete a DJ Let's Draft Our Kids
2.) Read "War Wounds" and come with talking points for Thursday. 3.) Read "The War on Suicide" and come with talking points. Also all documentary logs are due Monday. 4.) After reading "The War on Suicide", "War Wounds", watching "Why Soldiers Miss War", "Escaping the Khmer Rouge" "What I Saw in War", "I was Held Hostage for 317 Days",and "Inside a School for Suicide Bombers", what role does war play on cultures, the individual, and families. Include 3 text to support your point and include specific examples (500 words). Due Tuesday, 5/12/15
5.) Due Friday, 5/15/15: For the spring assessment, to show growth in this area, submit a portion of your research paper (no more than a page) that shows integration of sources and cohesion of argument . Share with my in a googledoc labeled, (last name, Spring DDM).
Period 6
The Kite Runner
1.)Honors only: Write your own editorial that discusses the misconceptions related to your culture/heritage. 400-500 words. Share in a google doc. Due Monday, 9.15.14. Read chpt. 4
2.) Read chapter 7. Come with talking points. We will be having a student run discussion.
3.) According to R. Gayan Priyankara: "Everything falls apart when you do one stupid thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement and why? Make sure to include specific examples from The Kite Runner to support your points. Discussion on Monday!
4.) Read chapter 9
5.) For Wednesday, 9.24.14:
Go back through all the resources you have read and prepare to write an in-class essay citing multiple sources that identifies the qualities of a good college essay. Bring NOTES
6.) For Friday, 9.26.14, read chapter 10.
7.) Read chapter 11 and 12
8.) Work on essay for The Kite Runner.
9.) Read chapter 13 (for Friday, 10.3.14).
10.) Kite Runner essay due Thursday, 10.9.14
11.) Read chapters 14 & 15
12.) Read chapters 16 & 17
19.) Read 18, 19, 20
20. Due Monday, 10.20.14
-Read 21 & 22
-Everyone complete the following OR: Chapter 22 is a pivotal moment in the text. Identify and explain the significance of the chapter. Include textual evidence from the chapter as well as previous chapters, if needed (due Tuesday, 10.21.14).
-Draft #4 due Monday, 10.20.14
21.) For Thursday, read chapters 23 and 24.
22.) For Monday 11.3.14, finish The Kite Runner. Come with talking points for an SRD
23.)
“13 Views”
After reading The Kite Runner, choose a chapter or character from the text and write a poem. Your poem must contain the following:
If you are writing about a character, you should first brainstorm 13 different characteristics of the character or moments in the text that portray the character in a different light. If you writing about a chapter, it should be 13 different ways a moment(s) could be viewed.
Due: Friday, 11.7.14. This counts as a major assignment for Q2
College Essay
1.) Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2.) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?
3.) Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4.) Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
5.) Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Important Due Dates:
Friday, 9.26.14: Draft #1
Friday, 10.3.14: Draft #2
Wednesday, 10.15.14: Draft #3
Monday, 10.20.14: Draft #4
Wednesday, 10. 22.14: Final draft
Identity; Culture; Gender
Barbie Clips:
First Ever Barbie Commercial
1970s Barbie
Hula Hair Barbie 1996
2010: I Can Be Anything
1.) a.) After reading "Barbie-Q" and understanding author's purpose, visit the Barbie website and browse the history of Barbie. Consider the role Barbie has played over history and the role it plays today. Come with 5 quotations/facts, etc., that you feel are important to discuss. Make sure that you have a rationale for each quotations/fact you choose. This means come with notes!
History of Barbie
b.) Read the article below from NY Daily News, which offers a different perspective on Barbie. Come with points to discuss and consider all the texts we have read related to Barbie while doing so. Make sure you have notes for the discussion.
Barbie as a real woman is anataomically impossible...
c.) Discussion on Monday, 11.17.14
2.) Read the article below and come with talking points for class on Thursday.
3.) For Tuesday, 11.24.14, read all 4 articles and come with notes for a discussion. Your notes will be collected.
4.) For Monday, 12/1/14, watch the trailer, "The Mask You Live In" The Mask You Live In Then, answer the following questions.
5.) Find an advertisement (not commercial) and complete the rhetorical triangle. Make sure you bring the advertisement to class. The advertisement must contain men in it or promote a male product.
6.) Read an annotate the excerpt from "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Focus on identity and culture.
7.) Read and annotate "Americanah"
Synthesis Essay (Honors Only):
A person’s identity is largely shaped by one’s culture and heritage. Choose three of the short stories we have read (excerpt from A Thousand Splendid Suns, excerpt fromAmericanah, The Confession: Part Two, and/or “Milk Years") and write a synthesis paper explaining the role heritage or culture has on shaping each narrator’s perspective of herself or society.
8.) Brainstorm for synthesis essay
9.) Synthesis essay due Wednesday, 1/7/15
POL Dates:
Tuesday, 12.16.14: Memorize poem
Friday, 12.19.14: Practice poem in groups
Monday, 12.22.14: POL competition
Hamlet:
1.) Using Polonius' speech as a model, write advice to a new student at your school. How do you navigate the social scene? What foods should you avoid in the cafeteria? etc. 1/2 CP. 3/4 page H
Characters in Hamlet
As we read Hamlet, you will be assigned a character and be responsible for tracking the character. The tracking of your character will count as DJs and you will analyze the character throughout reading the play. You will complete the following while analyzing your assigned character:
Characters:
2.) After reading the Ghost scene, describe how you envision the following (be specific):
The setting of the scene:
Hamlet (actions, tone, etc.):
Ghost (actions, tones, etc.)
3.) Finish reading Act 1, scene 5. If you are tracking Hamlet or Horatio, you should definitely be adding to your DJs.
4.) Complete What is Hamlet Thinking? Shared in a google doc.
5.) All Annotated Bibliographies due (rough draft): Wednesday, 2.25.15. If you don't turn these in on time, you will not receive any feedback.
6.)
Open response: Which version, overall, did you feel best captured the text? Explain your reasoning with specific examples from all sources. The more specific, the better (Mel Gibson: 1990; Kenneth Brannagh: 1996).
7.) For Monday, Read the excerpts from "Ophelia." Compare her perspective with the one scene in the play, 3.1. You will have to review 3.1 Come with specific points to discuss.
8.)
"Remembrance of Yours"…Analyzing characters using mementos (Folger Shakespeare)
Using your character tracking DJs, you will complete a project on the following:
1.) Creative piece: Create a 3-D symbol for your character (this cannot be a symbol found in the play). You creation should reflect hard work and attention to detail. The symbol should be original and accurately illustrates your characters, as a whole.
2.) Written piece: a detailed explanation how the symbol connects with your character; 5 quotations from the play, with an explanation, on the relation of the symbol to the character.
3.) Presentation!
Research Paper Due Dates:
Tuesday, 3/3/15: Revised ABs due
Thursday, 3/5/15: parts 1-3 of outline due (thesis, background info, cause/effect)
Wednesday, 3/11/15: Part 4 (multiple perspective)
Tuesday, 3/31/2015: Final draft due. 10 points deducted each day late
War; Peace; Survival
1.) Read the editorial from the New York Times, "Let's Draft Our Kids". Come with talking points and complete a DJ
Let's Draft Our Kids
2.) Read "War Wounds" and come with talking points for Thursday.
3.) Read "The War on Suicide" and come with talking points. Also all documentary logs are due Monday.
4.)
After reading "The War on Suicide", "War Wounds", watching "Why Soldiers Miss War", "Escaping the Khmer Rouge" "What I Saw in War", "I was Held Hostage for 317 Days",and "Inside a School for Suicide Bombers", what role does war play on cultures, the individual, and families. Include 3 text to support your point and include specific examples (500 words). Due Tuesday, 5/12/15
I Was Held Hostage for 317 Das
Wy Veterans Miss War
What I Saw in War
Escaping the Khmer Rouge
School for Suicide Bombers
5.)
Due Friday, 5/15/15: For the spring assessment, to show growth in this area, submit a portion of your research paper (no more than a page) that shows integration of sources and cohesion of argument . Share with my in a googledoc labeled, (last name, Spring DDM).